![Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1XE5X/rescue-workers-search-the-wreckage-of-the-west-caribbean-airways-md-82-aircraft-in-machiques-about-100-miles-161-km-southwest-of-maracaibo-venezuela-august-17-2005-investigators-sifted-for-bodies-and-clues-in-the-scattered-remains-of-west-caribbean-airways-flight-708-on-wednesday-as-france-sent-specialists-to-identify-victims-of-the-crash-that-killed-all-160-aboard-reutersjorge-silva-jsmk-2D1XE5X.jpg)
Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues
![Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1CY4J/rescue-workers-search-the-wreckage-of-the-west-caribbean-airways-md-82-aircraft-in-machiques-about-100-miles-161-km-southwest-of-maracaibo-venezuela-august-17-2005-investigators-sifted-for-bodies-and-clues-in-the-scattered-remains-of-west-caribbean-airways-flight-708-on-wednesday-as-france-sent-specialists-to-identify-victims-of-the-crash-that-killed-all-160-aboard-reutersjorge-silva-jsmk-2D1CY4J.jpg)
Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues
![McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (DC-9-82) - West Caribbean Airways | Aviation Photo #1111639 | Airliners.net McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (DC-9-82) - West Caribbean Airways | Aviation Photo #1111639 | Airliners.net](https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/3/6/1111639.jpg?v=v40)